The following terms and conditions ("Terms of Use") explain and govern all access to and use of this Web Site ("PIATX.ORG"). Through User's access of PIATX.ORG, User accepts, without limitation or alteration, all of the terms and conditions, contained in these Terms of Use.

Trademarks, Logos, Service Marks: The trademarks, logos, and service marks (collectively the "Marks" or "Mark") appearing on PIATX.ORG are registered and unregistered Marks of the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents ("PIA"), and its affiliates and related subsidiaries. Further, also appearing on PIATX.ORG are the Marks of other entities' who have granted PIA TEXAS permission for these others' Marks to appear/be used on PIATX.ORG. User is strictly prohibited from using the Marks displayed on PIATX.ORG or any other content on PIATX.ORG, except as provided in these Terms of Use.

Copyright: The contents of all materials on PIATX.ORG are copyrighted by PIA Texas (or PIA National) unless otherwise indicated. All rights are reserved by PIA and content may not be reproduced, disseminated, published, or transferred, in any form or by any means, except with the prior written permission of and with express attribution to PIA. Copyright infringement is a violation of federal law subject to criminal and civil penalties. To inquire about or request permission for use of content from PIA, please email [email protected].

Accuracy of Information: Content provided on PIATX.ORG is a combination of information produced by PIA, as well as information provided to PIA TEXAS by other organizations. While PIA Texas takes reasonable steps to determine the accuracy and completeness of the content contained on PIATX.ORG, PIA Texas disclaims all warranties as to the accuracy, completeness, adequacy, timeliness, and ability to use such content. You assume sole responsibility for your results when using any content on PIATX.ORG.

While PIA Texas may endorse the policy and certain PIA TEXAS sponsored products, services, and the commercial providers of same, PIA TEXAS does not endorse, approve or certify such content, nor does it guarantee the accuracy, completeness, efficacy, timeliness, or correct sequencing of such content, especially content controlled and/or created by others that appear on PIATX.ORG.

Use of such information is voluntary, may be subject to the terms and conditions set forth under "Copyright" provisions as stated under these Terms of Use, and reliance on it should only be undertaken after your independent review and decision as to its accuracy, completeness, efficacy, and timeliness. PIA TEXAS shall not be responsible for and assumes no liability for any infringement, mistakes, misstatements of law, defamation, slander, libel, omissions, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, or profanity in the statements, opinions, representations, or any other form of content contained in any third-party content appearing on PIATX.ORG.

Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, service mark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by PIA TEXAS.

Links to Material on Other Web Sites: PIATX.ORG contains "links" allowing a user of PIATX.ORG to access other, external Internet Web Sites ("Third Party Web Sites") containing information created, published, maintained, or otherwise posted by other organizations or individuals not affiliated with and/or controlled by PIA TEXAS. PIA TEXAS does not and cannot endorse, approve, certify, or control these Third-Party Web Sites, and does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, efficacy, timeliness, or correct sequencing of information or content in these Web pages. Use of any information obtained from such Third Party Web Sites is voluntary and reliance on it should only be undertaken after your independent review and determination of its accuracy, completeness, efficacy, and timeliness.  PIA TEXAS shall not be responsible for and assumes no liability for any infringement, mistakes, misstatements of law, defamation, slander, libel, omissions, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, or profanity in the statements, opinions, representations, or any other form of content contained in any Third Party Web Sites.

PIA TEXAS shall not be responsible for and assumes no liability for any damages to, or viruses that may infect, the computer equipment or other property of User arising from or related to access to, use of, or browsing in these Third-Party Web Sites or the downloading of any materials, data, text, images, video, or audio from these Third-Party Web Sites by User. Reference in Third-Party Web Sites to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, service mark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, recommendations, or favoring by PIA TEXAS.

Damage to Equipment/Information: The nature of electronic, Web technology holds the possibility that, despite efforts to the contrary employed by PIA TEXAS, a User's computer, property and/or personal information may be damaged, infected by a virus, or otherwise adversely affected while using PIATX.ORG. PIA TEXAS  shall not be responsible for and assumes no liability for any such damages or losses. Furthermore, PIA TEXAS expects Users to exercise reasonable care and security measures to guard their systems so as not to infect PIATX.ORG by their use.

Postings to Be Lawful: This Web Site contains certain interactive areas, including, but not limited to, discussion boards, social media links, and agent-to-agent locator, and PIA TEXAS member profiles. Any user accessing any of these interactive features does so for the exclusive purpose and nature of the specific interactive feature used as prescribed by PIA TEXAS on PIATX.ORG-and for no other use or purpose whatsoever. Users of any interactive feature shall not post, publish, upload or distribute any messages, data, information, text, graphics, links or other material ("Postings") which is unlawful, unethical, or abusive in any way, including but not limited to any Postings that are defamatory, libelous, pornographic, obscene, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, inclusive of hate speech, or would constitute or encourage a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party, or give rise to liability or violate any local, state, federal or international law, either intentionally or unintentionally.

Various state and federal laws prohibit the exchange of information among competitors regarding matters pertaining to price, refusals to deal, market division, tying relationships, and other topics which might infringe upon antitrust regulations or other commercial laws. No such exchange or discussion will be tolerated.  PIA TEXAS fully cooperates with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing PIA TEXAS to disclose the identity of anyone posting any such information or materials.

PIA TEXAS may delete your Posting at any time for any reason without permission from you and may at its choosing advise that you are restricted or barred from access to and use of these functions and/or PIATX.ORG.

No Monitoring of Postings: PIA TEXAS has no obligation nor does it intend to edit, monitor, or screen Postings and is not responsible for the content in such Postings or any content linked to or from such Postings. Notwithstanding the foregoing PIA TEXAS  reserves the right to examine from time to time, some, all, or no interactive areas for adherence to the Terms of Use and to remove any materials that may be objectionable or violate the Terms of Use.

Usernames and Passwords: PIA TEXAS provides usernames and passwords for the benefit of its members, partners, staff, and the staff of PIA TEXAS  chartered affiliates. Any attempt to circumvent the PIATX.ORG login system is a violation of these Terms of Use.

Linking to This Web Site: You may provide links to any publicly available page on PIATX.ORG, provided (a) you do not remove or obscure, by framing or otherwise, any portion of the Web page, including its advertisements, the Terms of Use, the copyright notice, the Privacy Policy, or other notices on PIATX.ORG, (b) the Web Site you are linking from does not engage in, promote, display or condone the unlawful activity, illegal material, sexually explicit, obscene, or pornographic activities or materials, hateful, defamatory, harassing or discriminatory activities, graphic violence, or illegal drugs; engage in illegal business activities; or make false, misleading, derogatory and otherwise defamatory statements about PIA TEXAS, (c) you discontinue providing links to PIATX.ORG if requested by PIA TEXAS.

No Legal Advice: Content does not constitute and is not intended to constitute "expert professional advice" (legal, accounting, or otherwise) or to create an attorney-client or other expert professional-client relationship. Content does not replace the need for any user to review, evaluate and finally determine their proper use of information secured from/through PIATX.ORG, independently and/or with the services of their own attorney, accountant, or other experts that would or could know the user's particular circumstances and specifically related laws for same.

DISCLAIMER: PIATX.ORG AND THE CONTENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS, AS AVAILABLE" BASIS.  PIA TEXAS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.  PIA TEXAS DISCLAIMS ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY LOSS, INJURY, CLAIM, LIABILITY, OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND RESULTING FROM, ARISING OUT OF, OR ANY WAY RELATED TO (A) ANY ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM PIATX.ORG AND THE CONTENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO TECHNICAL INACCURACIES AND TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS, (B) ANY THIRD PARTY WEB SITES OR CONTENT THEREIN DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ACCESSED THROUGH LINKS IN PIATX.ORG, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS THEREFROM, (C) THE UNAVAILABILITY OF PIATX.ORG, THE CONTENT, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, (D) YOUR USE OF PIATX.ORG OR THE CONTENT, OR (E) YOUR USE OF ANY EQUIPMENT OR SOFTWARE IN CONNECTION WITH PIATX.ORG OR THE CONTENT.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY:  PIA TEXAS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS, INJURY, CLAIM, LIABILITY, OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OF PIATX.ORG, THE CONTENT, THE INTERACTIVE AREAS OF PIATX.ORG, OR ANY FACTS OR OPINIONS APPEARING ON OR THROUGH AN INTERACTIVE AREA. PIA TEXAS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ATTORNEYS' FEES) IN ANY WAY DUE TO, RESULTING FROM, OR ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE PIATX.ORG OR THE CONTENT. TO THE EXTENT THE FOREGOING LIMITATION OF LIABILITY IS PROHIBITED OR FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE, TEXAS PIA'S SOLE OBLIGATION TO YOU FOR DAMAGES SHALL BE LIMITED TO $100.00.

Indemnification: You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless PIA TEXAS, its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, suppliers, and any third party information providers to PIATX.ORG from and against all claims, losses, expenses, damages, and costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, resulting from any violation of these Terms of Use by you.

Third-Party Rights: The provisions of the paragraphs labeled Disclaimer, Limitation of Liability, and Indemnification are for the benefit of PIA TEXAS and its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, suppliers, and any third party information providers to PIATX.ORG. Each of these individuals or entities shall have the right to assert and enforce those provisions directly against you on its own behalf.

Unlawful Activity: PIA TEXAS reserves the right to investigate complaints or reported violations of our Terms of Use and to take any action we deem appropriate including but not limited to reporting any suspected unlawful activity to law enforcement officials, regulators, or other third parties and disclosing any information necessary or appropriate to such persons or entities, including, but not limited to, user profiles and posted materials.

Remedies for Violations: PIA TEXAS reserves the right to seek all remedies available at law and in equity for violations of these Terms of Use, including but not limited to the right to block access from a particular Internet address to PIATX.ORG and any other PIA TEXAS Web sites and their features.

Governing Law: PIA TEXAS controls and operates PIATX.ORG in the United States. We make no representation that materials at PIATX.ORG are appropriate outside of the United States. Access to PIATX.ORG from territories where such use is illegal is strictly prohibited. Those who choose to access PIATX.ORG from outside the United States do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws. Materials may not be used or exported in violation of U.S. export laws and regulations. Any claim relating to the materials shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States and the District of Columbia and the User consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state courts and U.S. federal courts located there.

Privacy Policy: Your use of PIATX.ORG is subject to Texas PIA TEXAS'  Privacy Policy.

Severability of Provisions: These Terms of Use incorporate by reference any notices contained on PIATX.ORG, the Privacy Policy, the PIA TEXAS Logo Use Guidelines, and constitute the entire agreement with respect to access to and use of PIATX.ORG. If any provision of this Agreement is found to be unenforceable, the enforceability of the other provisions shall not be affected and the invalid provision shall be replaced by a provision, which being valid, comes closest to the intention underlying the invalid provision.

Modifications to Terms of Use: PIA TEXAS reserves the right to change these Terms of Use at any time. Updated versions of the Terms of Use will appear on PIATX.ORG and are effective immediately. You are responsible for regularly reviewing the Terms of Use. Continued use of PIATX.ORG after any such changes constitutes your consent to such changes.